agreed. To Lay Like Old Ashes fucking kills. This Dreadful Emptiness is one of the best DSBM songs out there IMO

I bought that Austere album and it's fucking awful. Not what I was looking for at all. Weakest shit I've heard in awhile, totally limp-wristed. I can sometimes overlook bad vocals, but these are the worst. The screams are those pathetic, hooting/whining type vocals that I hate (Silencer, Sterbend), the clean vocals suck and are more suited for easy-listening, and the songs are completely forgettable.

The problem with Austere is that to my ears it is too predictable, almost easy-listeningly so. Everything is done 100% according to the recipe without deviation. However, I can perfectly understand why people love it.

I'd also recommend Trist and Life is Pain. although both have vocals that are more in the vein of Sterbend, Silencer, etc. type DSBM. Life is Pain is a DSBM "supergroup" to say, featuring Kim Karlsson from Lifelover and Trist from Trist._________________TradelisT

Hypothermia's "Köld" (and other material recorded during those times such as the track "Hora") and Abyssic Hate's "Suicidal Emotions" are the most relevant albums from this subgenre in my opinion, and I wouldn't underestimate the value of Nyktalgia either.

Austere's debut is fantastic, love everything about it and it fits perfectly on tape. The second and last album was a disappointment, I couldn't get past the MTV emo vocals and arrangements on certain tracks, sorry. I'm happy the band ended already before venturing even further into that crap, though I guess this Grey Waters will continue the "legacy"... I'll stick to my Katatonia.